UNLIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. UNLIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNLIVE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNLIVE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNLIVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UNLIVE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in UNLIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does UNLIVE mean in Scrabble?
verb
literary
To live in such a way as to cancel out or make amends for something done earlier.
This is an unusual verb that treats the past as something that can be worked off by later conduct. A character who tries to unlive a crime does not deny it but spends the remaining years trying to balance it. It appears mostly in moral or poetic writing and is rare in ordinary speech.
How UNLIVE is used
Literary and uncommon; almost always has a past deed or period as its object.
- He hoped to unlive his youthful cruelty through years of quiet service.
- No amount of kindness could unlive what had happened.
- She tried to unlive the lost decade by starting again.
- The poem asks whether a person can ever unlive a mistake.
- To unlive his debts he gave away most of his land.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNLIVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of UNLIVE
The 6 tiles of UNLIVE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with UNLIVE
8 longer words begin with UNLIVE.
Shorter words from the letters in UNLIVE
Common questions about UNLIVE
- Is UNLIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNLIVE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNLIVE worth?
- UNLIVE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNLIVE mean?
- To live in such a way as to cancel out or make amends for something done earlier.
- What letters can be added to UNLIVE?
- UNLIVE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of UNLIVE:
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